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Need help to select a speaker

Hi Audiophile people,

I need help to select the smoothest speaker of all.

I grew up using Spendor, Rogers, Tannoy, Wharfedale. I was always fan of British silk sound speakers like Rogers LS35.

The harshest speaker that I had was JBL which still has a smooth sound.

I don't have time or chance to listen to all the new speakers but in need to select a near field listening speaker for Jazz, Blues, vocals, Acoustics with maximum details in low volume.

I am looking at both Bookshelf and Floor standing but I should get better sound quality from a Bookshelf speaker in my experience.

Please share your experience and let me know what I should look at.

I am looking at Brand New and under $5K.

Cheers

Mike

inteliaudio

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holmz
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Maybe a bit more homework to narrow down the field could help?

  1. Passive or active?
  2. dipole, or not?
  3. Sealed or ported?
  4. Narrow dispersion or wide?
  5. Is full range required? Or how low should they go?
  6. Are ye Ok with using a sub or not?
  7. Do you already have an amp? And what is the power?
  8. What SPL are you aiming for?
  9. What is the size of the room?

If one starts out with some “Requirements” or “Goals” or “Desires” then it gets easier in theory to find solutions to those.

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holmz
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  • New or used?

(That seems like a large bedroom by the way.)

 

Some candidates so far are:

1- Sonus faber Electa Amator III

2- Falcon LS3/5a Gold Badge

3- Harbeth P3ESR XD

Are you in the UK?
Or where are you?

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holmz
2,328 posts
 

No, I am in California US

@inteliaudio 

I would suggest that you go try some Vandersteens.
(And they’re made in Ca.)

 

but I love British (and European in general) speakers better than these harsh sounding Americans.

I thought the term when traveling was “Ugly Americans” or “Loud Americans”... ?

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